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...“There are a number of oil and gas majors putting a lot of time and attention into how they can become big in lithium,” said Brian Menell, chief executive of TechMet, a mining investment fund backed by the...
...Comcast chief executive Brian Roberts said in September he would be interested in buying all of Hulu, calling it a “phenomenal business”....
...Advertisers see “a great untapped audience” of Netflix viewers who are walled off from them, says Brian Wieser, president of business intelligence at GroupM, the WPP-owned agency....
...Brian Wieser, head of business intelligence at ad agency GroupM, puts it more bluntly. “Credibility will be a big issue,” he said....
..., North Yorkshire, UK Bezonomics: How Amazon Is Changing Our Lives, by Brian Dumaine, Scribner/Simon & Schuster, $26/£20, 336pp...
...“That was so depressing,” said Richard Greenfield, an analyst at LightShed, following the call....
...“You thought you were going hard right, and all of a sudden you went hard left,” said Rich Greenfield, a media analyst and partner at Lightshed, the research company....
...“There is a lot of interest around e-commerce and payments, with marketers particularly interested in the ways messaging may tie into their e-commerce activities,” said Brian Wieser, president of business...
...“It’s getting more powerful and more addictive day by day,” said Mr Greenfield....
...“To me this seems like a very logical step,” said Richard Greenfield, an analyst at BTIG. “In a war for time and attention, you want to keep the consumer for as long as possible....
...There’s no obvious plan B,” said Rich Greenfield, analyst at broker BTIG. “The question now is: does he end up with anything?”...
...It’s actually incremental and synergistic,” said Rich Greenfield, an analyst at BTIG. “Transforming advertising into commerce is what they want to do at Facebook . . ....
...The scale of the Comcast offer surprised observers, with Rich Greenfield of BTIG Research saying he was “stunned” at the price....
...A user that touches the service once a month or a bot does not translate into revenue,” said Rich Greenfield, analyst at BTIG....
...said Brian Wieser, analyst at Pivotal Research. For now, AT&T has chosen to delay that decision....
...“We see ourselves as a consolidator in the wealth management market,” said Brian McKiernan, Davy chief executive....
...Rich Greenfield, an analyst at BTIG Research, said it was an “absolute rocket ship” and “the cure for boredom for humans across the world”. Facebook does not break out Instagram revenue....
...“Brian [Roberts] is definitely concerned about the quantum of debt and the ability to de-lever....
...“All National Amusements has agreed to is that they will not propose a merger between Viacom and CBS for at least two years,” wrote Rich Greenfield, an analyst with BTIG....
...Rich Greenfield, analyst at BTIG, said he was “nothing short of shocked at the decision-making of the CBS board”....
...“There’s a lot of greenfield space.”...
...Brian Wieser, an analyst at Pivotal Research, said management’s focus on the “ills” the company is facing could be viewed positively in the long term....
...Rich Greenfield, an analyst at BTIG Research, says all platforms could do a better job of making it clear where their content comes from and who paid for it....
...YouTube has a huge lead with a billion and a half people watching an hour every day so this is no easy task,” Mr Greenfield said....
...“Aside from the occasional Norwegian death metal band, this is very safe,” says Brian Wieser, an analyst at Pivotal Research....
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